Tag: drug
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Rocky Mountain region saw record fentanyl pill, meth seizures in 2025, DEA says
The Rocky Mountain region saw record-breaking amounts of fentanyl pills and methamphetamines seized in 2025, officials with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said Wednesday. Throughout last year, Colorado saw a 76% increase in fentanyl pill seizures in comparison to the year before, which accounted for 6.7 million, or over 14%, of the 47 million…
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Divided 10th Circuit orders pretrial release of defendant facing drug charges
The Denver-based federal appeals court overturned a judge’s order keeping a defendant in custody pending trial on Friday, ruling 2-1 that she was entitled to release under the law. Erika Esmeralda Garcia stands accused of two charges related to the possession and distribution of fentanyl, plus a charge for conspiracy to commit money laundering. Previously,…
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Colorado Supreme Court upholds Arapahoe County murder, drug convictions
Even if an Arapahoe County judge was wrong to combine a defendant’s drug and murder charges in one trial, the move did not likely affect the jury’s verdict, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday. Joseph Wayne Washington argued there should have been separate trials for his murder charge and for the other counts largely…
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In rare do-over, appeals court changes reasons for ordering new Denver assault trial
In an unusual move, Colorado’s second-highest court last month withdrew its opinion ordering a new trial for a man convicted of assault, then issued a new decision with heavily modified reasoning. Originally, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals overturned Amos Rogers’ criminal convictions and 64-year sentence in October. It reasoned a Denver trial…
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Fentanyl Family: Inside Colorado’s deadly overdose siege
Starting in late 2016, Bruce Holder and his wife began smuggling thousands of fentanyl-laced pills over the border, through a quiet border station in Lukeville, Arizona. In the coming years, the family-turned-drug network would dominate the early fentanyl trade in western Colorado. Fentanyl has killed more than 1,600 Coloradans and tens of thousands of Americans…
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Recovery programs adjusting to new treatment approach
COVID-19 isolation brings obstacles for recovery groups.